Kees Akerboom Jr. (born 20 December 1983) is a retired Dutch

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player. Kees is the son of Kees Akerboom Sr., a former successful professional basketball player as well. During the majority of his career, Akerboom played with

Den Bosch s-Hertogenbosch (), colloquially known as Den Bosch (), is a city and municipality in the Netherlands with a population of 157,486. It is the capital of the province of North Brabant and its fourth largest by population. The city is south of th ...

, which he won three DBL championships with. He also played for the

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during his career.

Professional career

Akerboom started his professional career with the same team as his father did,

EiffelTowers Den Bosch Heroes Den Bosch is a Dutch professional basketball club based in 's-Hertogenbosch. The club plays in the BNXT League since 2021 and in the top basketball division in the Netherlands since 1972. Founded as EBBC in 1951, the club had several spons ...

in the Dutch

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. On 29 May 2004, Akerboom signed with

MPC Capitals Donar, also known as Donar Groningen, is a professional basketball club based in Groningen, Netherlands. The club competes in the BNXT League and its home arena is MartiniPlaza, which has a seating capacity of 4,350 people. Donar is one of t ...

from

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. After two seasons with the Capitals, Akerboom returned to EiffelTowers. He won his first Dutch championship in 2007. He won his second in 2012, after beating

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4–1 in the Finals. In 2015, Akerboom won his third championship after beating

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4–1 in the Finals. On 31 May 2018, Akerboom announced his retirement at age 34. He set a new all-time record for games played for Den Bosch, with 671 games. His jersey number 12 was retired by Den Bosch.

International career

Akerboom played 99 games for the

over twelve years. He was a member of the team playing at

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. On 5 July 2016, Akerboom's retirement from the Dutch national team was announced.

International statistics

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Honours

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Kees Akerboom is represented by Court Side Basketball Agency
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: 2006–07, 2011–12, 2014–15 *

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: 2007–08, 2008–09,

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Individual

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(11): 2004, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 * DBL All-First Team: 2010–11 *

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: 2002–03 *

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: 2003–04 * DBL Three points percentage leader: 2007–08, 2008–09, 2010–11, 2011–12 * DBL All Star Game: 3 Point Contest Winner: 2008, 2009 * DBL All-Star Game MVP: 2010

References

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